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Animation Bootcamp

Learn to use the principles of animation inside of After Effects.

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Learn On Your Own Schedule

Level up your skills on your own timeline. All course materials are available to you 24/7.

13 Projects/18+ Hours

Master the twelve principles of animation with 13 projects and over 18 hours of video training.

Intermediate

This is an intermediate course, ideal for those with a few years of motion design or animation experience under their belts.

Course Overview

Animation Bootcamp teaches you the art of creating beautiful movement. In this course, you'll learn the principles behind great animation, and how to apply them in After Effects. By the end of this course, you'll animate a variety of shots in multiple styles with professional assets and personalized feedback that can be added to your portfolio.

You Get:

18+ hours of video training

13 real-world projects

Supplemental podcasts and PDF Guides

Unlimited personalized critique on your work

Access to our 24/7 online community

Verified credential upon completion of the coursework

Course syllabus.

Orientation Week

Animation Bootcamp is meant to be a challenge, so we’re starting off with an evaluation to see exactly where you’re starting out. Your TA will also help orient you to how the course will progress so you can prepare for the work ahead.

Steepness equals Speed

Learn how keyframes—and the space between them—affect your animation. You’ll gain an understanding of easing, which enables you to create animation that “feels right.”

Arcs and Oscillations

This week we'll introduce the Speed Graph and work on curved motion. Once you have an understanding of both Speed and Value graphs, it’s time to put them to work on your first two Principles of Animation: Anticipation and Overshoot.

Bounces & Impacts

Now that you know the foundations of making a realistic animation, master a realistic ball bounce using: regular rubber, a golf ball, and a bowling ball. This exercise will have you really thinking about how animation should look and feel.

Follow-Through

You’ll also learn about the animation principles Follow-Through and Overlapping Animation, adding another level of realism with swaying, trailing, or secondary elements such as tails and feathers.

Squashes, Stretches, Smears

This week, you will add realism through Squash and Stretch. This important principle helps reinforce weight and volume in a mass as it moves and collides with other objects.

Blocking and Pacing

When it’s time to coordinate the animation of multiple interacting layers, where do you begin? That’s the question we answer with a series of lessons in the later part of bootcamp.

Reinforcing Motion

When your work begins to get complicated, you’ll need to start using some time-tested strategies, like reinforcing motion, to create compelling animation.

Eye Trace

Your job as an animator is to control your viewer’s eye in a deliberate manner. Eye trace is a concept that will help you do that in a smart way.

Breaking the Rules

Once you master the principles of animation, you can bend them to your will. During this final week, have some fun creating a non-traditional piece that mimics stop motion in After Effects.

Meet your instructor.

Joey Korenman

School of Motion CEO, Founder

Prior to starting School of Motion, Joey was the Creative Director and Lead Animator at Toil in Boston, MA. There he lead projects for clients like Subway, McDonalds, Progressive, Saucony, and many other high-profile brands. He has also freelanced extensively for studios and agencies, working on network rebrands for Speed, Discovery, HBO, and SyFy. He's been using After Effects for close to 20 years and is one of the baldest dudes you'll ever meet.

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